View Full Version : Mondegreens....do you know what they are? Share some.


urdaddyinAZ
06-24-2005, 01:30 PM
For those of you that don't know what a Mondegreen is, it's a misheard lyric to a song. Such as:

Aerosmith's "Dude Looks Like a Lady" some people sing " do the funky lady"

or


Jimmy Hendrix's "excuse while I kiss the sky" some poeple sing "excuse me while I kiss this guy"



Do you have any favorites or ones that you frequently mis-sing?

RwK
06-24-2005, 01:32 PM
I dont know if it qualifies. But I used to get stoned with a buddy of mine, and he used to sing that part in "Wheel in the Sky" by Journey..........

Na na na na..... na na na na..... "For tommorow"

except he would say:

Na na na na..... na na na na....."**** your momma"

urdaddyinAZ
06-24-2005, 01:32 PM
Prince's "She wore a raspberry baret"


may be misheard as "she wore rasberries and grapes"

urdaddyinAZ
06-24-2005, 01:34 PM
I dont know if it qualifies. But I used to get stoned with a buddy of mine, and he used to sing that part in "Wheel in the Sky" by Journey..........

Na na na na..... na na na na..... "For tommorow"

except he would say:

Na na na na..... na na na na....."**** your momma"



not exactly, but I like your style! It's more along the lines of something you really think you know the words to....but you're totally off.

Bombardier
06-24-2005, 01:36 PM
The classic one is in Spingsteen's song "blinded by the light".

In the chorus there's a line that says:

Revved up like a deuce

Meaning like a decue coupe. However in the song it sounds like:

Revved up like a douche

Swear to god.

urdaddyinAZ
06-24-2005, 01:37 PM
Credence Clearwater had a song called "Bad Moon Rising"

There is a line where they say "there's a bad moon on the rise"

Has anyone ever sung "there's a bathroom on the right"?

urdaddyinAZ
06-24-2005, 01:38 PM
The classic one is in Spingsteen's song "blinded by the light".

In the chorus there's a line that says:

Revved up like a deuce

Meaning like a decue coupe. However in the song it sounds like:

Revved up like a douche

Swear to god.


Yep, that one is a classic.

urdaddyinAZ
06-24-2005, 01:40 PM
Anyone ever sing the famous Jose Feliciano song "Feliz Navidad" as "Police Naughty Dog"?

urdaddyinAZ
06-24-2005, 01:43 PM
One of my all time favs Chumbawumba's:

"I get knocked down, but I get up again" sung as "I got no towel, I hung it up again"

{BrownBomber}
06-24-2005, 01:47 PM
I got one "cant touch this"
In spanish misheard as "te inchanstes"
Which means your swollen in a funny way.
too short song "the ghetto"
Misheard "te quiero"
Which means I love you. :D
Is this what your talking about?

urdaddyinAZ
06-24-2005, 01:51 PM
I got one "cant touch this"
In spanish misheard as "te inchanstes"
Which means your swollen in a funny way.
too short song "the ghetto"
Misheard "te quiero"
Which means I love you. :D
Is this what your talking about?


Yep, exactly....any song where you sing the wrong lyrics but they sound almost the same.

In high school I used to love Cyprus Hill.....they had a song where they rapped real fast and they said the following words "I ain't gonna waste no time ****ing around wit.........


I didn't know what they said at the end so I always sang "I ain't gonna waste no time ****in around at Baskin Robbins.

oldgringo
06-24-2005, 02:32 PM
Def Leppard "pour some sugar on me"


I used to sing "pour some shookup ramen"

urdaddyinAZ
06-24-2005, 03:51 PM
Def Leppard "pour some sugar on me"


I used to sing "pour some shookup ramen"



LMAO....that's classic.